Jamie McDaniel

Manage a high-performing, geographically dispersed team to strengthen NGA's relationships in Europe, Canada, and with NATO.

• Monitor daily operations to enhance division efficiency.
• Deliver strategic planning insights regarding organizational objectives.
• Compile comprehensive reports summarizing findings from investigations conducted by subordinates.
• NGA is a government agency that provides geospatial intelligence to support national security objectives.

Guided a geographically dispersed workforce while mentoring talent across Asia/Pacific, Europe/Canada, and Near East/Africa/Latin/South America. Drove strategic mission management to align international operations and enhance collaboration.

• Operationalized NGA’s international relationships by prioritizing the International GEOINT Strategy.
• Implemented operational concepts to integrate international partners, effectively enhancing the sharing of mission objectives.
• Leveraged partner interests and capabilities to facilitate improvements in GEOINT tradecraft.
• Achieved NGA’s vision for global partnerships through strategic alignment.
• Developed cohesive teams focused on delivering high-quality solutions in international contexts.

• Directed the organization to integrate GEOINT and targeting data into future Naval and Marine Corps systems.
• Leveraged NGA services and DoD customer requirements to identify GEOINT integration needs.
• Coordinated with NGA SMEs and customers to define, negotiate, and deliver tailored solutions.
• Evaluated and transitioned emerging GEOINT technologies into the NGA Enterprise for enhanced interoperability.
• Elevated NGA’s warfare engagement with SPAWAR, NAVSEA, NAVAIR, and NRL through strategic leadership.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to address customer requests and enhance satisfaction.

• Directed organization to advance and defend NGA's budget and policy priorities with Congress.
• Drove congressional activities, collaborating with the agency director to prioritize corporate budget strategies.
• Managed joint DNI-NGA JDA exchange program, strengthening relationships with IC, DoD, and congressional leaders.
• Led congressional liaisons to enhance agency posture and mitigate legislative surprises.
• Redefined relationships with influential congressional staff, maintaining substantial appropriations for NGA.
• Planned and executed inaugural NGA Capabilities Expo on Capitol Hill, fostering goodwill with congressional members.
• Spearheaded cross-agency events to advance NGP priorities in support of troops in combat.

Optimized International Affairs organizational performance by supervising, guiding, and executing essential engagement aligned with NGA EXCOM principles and teams, leading to superior anticipation and effective transmission of NGA EXCOM expectations and results.

• Advanced U.S. GEOINT sharing across more than a dozen European countries drove initiatives, aligning engagement priorities with national security objectives.
• Established sharing relationships with various European defense and national intelligence services.
• Created a framework to enhance flexibility in coalition operations and information exchange.
• Managed organizations' daily activities while advising on complex regional issues and strategic partnerships.
• Leveraged a professional network to support international objectives.
• Enhanced responsiveness to warfighter initiatives, fostering collaborative operations in coalition environments.

• Translated agency missions into organizational goals and objectives for North America and Homeland Security Branch.
• Provided strategic oversight for regional operations, and influenced domestic crisis support policy.